GSP 270 Syllabus

Course Overview

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE is the second in the GIS track of Humboldt State’s Geospatial Program. Students are expected to have a solid foundation of both geospatial concepts and experience using GIS software built upon the Geospatial Concepts course including but not limited to:

Projections and Transformations

Datums

Geographic and Projected Spatial Reference Systems

Table Joins

Adding XY data

Attribute Queries

Spatial Queries

Classification

Cartographic Design

GPS Data Collection and Download

Data Acquisition from Public Sources

Data Management

The emphasis of the course is an applied geospatial project. The deliverables will include a project lab report. With the project lab report as the ultimate goal, the Geographic Information Science course will introduce range of techniques related to vector and raster analysis. Students will communicate the results of these activities by writing professional lab reports, enabling students to master this skill before delivering the final project report.

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